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Landry highlights SNAP healthy‑food waiver, Project Mom and an Office of Health and Nutrition proposal
Summary
In his address, Governor Landry touted a SNAP Healthy Food Waiver that restricts purchases to nutritious foods, expansion of the 'carrot' incentive for fresh produce, Project Mom to reduce pregnancy‑associated overdose deaths, and a proposal to create an Office of Health and Nutrition to coordinate policy.
Governor Jeff Landry outlined several health initiatives intended to improve nutrition and maternal outcomes. He said Louisiana took a national lead by implementing a SNAP Healthy Food Waiver to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to be used for nutritious foods and not for soft drinks and candy, and said the 'carrot' initiative expands incentives for families to buy fresh fruits and vegetables.
Landry described Project Mom, a partnership with hospitals to improve screening, treatment, care coordination and access to lifesaving medications with a stated aim of reducing pregnancy‑associated overdose deaths by 80% over three years. He also said Medicaid reimbursement rates were raised to 85% and said the administration has moved roughly 100,000 people off Medicaid rolls as employment options increased.
The governor proposed creating an Office of Health and Nutrition to align food policy and chronic‑disease management. He did not present implementing statutory language or budgets for the new office in the address; details and timelines for Project Mom and the office were not specified and will require agency follow‑up.
